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Could "only Russia’s senior-most officials have authorized" the efforts to leak sensitive emails related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election?
There was a joint statement (released October 7, 2016) from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) about recent leaked emails.
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Did Governor of Moscow train bears to serve Vodka?
The Governor of Moscow trained a large bear to serve pepper Vodka to' his guests. If anyone showed reluctance in accepting the drink, the bear would remove the guest's clothes, an article at a time."
Source: Food and beverage Underground
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Does Russia recruit a "large number" of people suffering from HIV and Hepatitis C to fight their current war?
Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, 25 October, 2022:
Russia’s Wagner private military company has started mass recruitment of russian prisoners who are suffering from serious infectious diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C.
Then it goes on with…
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Did Peter the Great just "return" lands that "belonged to Russia", in the Great Northern War?
According to the Guardian, in a recent speech/interview Putin said
“Peter the Great waged the great northern war for 21 years. It would seem that he was at war with Sweden, he took something from them. He did not take anything from them, he…
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Can Russian electronic warfare systems "shoot down" or even "take over control" of (enemy) drones?
Various reports on the feats of Russian ECW systems in Syria against drones, e.g.
According to a report published by Avia.Pro, an Israeli drone used in an air strike in Syria was shot down by the Russian electronic warfare system Krasukha-4.…
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Did a French encyclopedia make a mistake in its Ivan the Terrible article?
There is a popular anecdote in Russia that a foreign-language encyclopedia (usually Petit Larousse) made a blatant mistake in one of its articles about the Russian Tsar Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible).
The most popular version reads:
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Have the Russian state media spread 21 theories about the Salisbury chemical attack?
The U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has recently said in his article (highlight mine):
Our allies have not been deterred by Russia’s usual tactics for avoiding pressure. Sure enough, the Kremlin began pumping out a deluge of lies almost as…
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Did Putin give this talk about the cultural preservation of European tradition, religion and race?
From @JPY_Kurdish, https://twitter.com/JPY_Kurdish/status/812759470669529088 with thousands of RTs and likes:
Putin calls for cultural self preservation of European tradition,
religion & race, criticizing today's globalists who ruin God's
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Did NATO instruct anti-government neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine on conducting diversions and waging guerilla?
There are multiple claims in Russian press that in 2006 NATO in Estonia has instructed neo-Nazi anti-government paramilitary hate groups from Ukraine on how to conduct diversions and wage guerilla war. How much these claims are correct?
It is a well…
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Do Americans in Russia typically get sentenced to nine years in prison for offenses that local Russians typically get only a one year sentence?
Trevor Reed says that is the case, but he only offers a sample of two Americans (himself and Griner). He says that Russians would "usually receive a year, two years maybe" for the same offenses while 9 years, he says, was unheard of "the entire time…
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Has Russia pegged the ruble to gold in the sense that U.S. dollar was before August 15, 1971?
Some sites like this one, this one, this one and some social media posts like this one refer to news articles saying that Russia has linked ruble to gold at 1 gram = 5000 roubles.
Also Forbes seems to refer to this in this article, stating that
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Does Ukraine have more tanks now than it did at the beginning of the invasion?
During a war, one may expect tank counts for both sides to go decrease (i.e. as they engage in combat and are destroyed).
MSNBC reports Forbes stating:
The Ukrainian army has more tanks now than when the war began
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Did the Russian 74th motorised rifle brigade surrender in February '22?
The following statements go around on the major social media networks. However, I have been unable to verify the statements are actually sourced.
Ragıp Soylu (Turkey Bureau Chief for MiddleEastEye):
Ukraine says Russian 74th motor rifle brigade…
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Did a Ukrainian woman tell a Russian solider in Kherson Oblast to put seeds in his pockets so flowers would grow when he dies in Ukraine?
Basically, is the following a real exchange, down to the details? Reported on Twitter with 1.1M views:
Ukrainian woman confronts Russian soldiers in Henychesk, Kherson region. Asks them why they came to our land and urges to put sunflower seeds in…
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Did the United States ever call Venus "the Soviet planet"?
I saw an article that mentioned some recent comments from the Russian space agency Roscosmos. One statement they made was:
The huge gap between the Soviet Union and its competitors in Venus research contributed to the fact that the United States…
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